biv

See also: BIV and Biv.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бꙑвъ (byvŭ), from Proto-Slavic *byvъ (“former”), from *byti (“to be”).

Adjective

biv m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. (dated, historical) ex-, former (preceding a medieval rank in Wallachia or Moldavia)

Declension

invariable		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	biv		biv		biv	biv
	definite	—		—		—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	biv		biv		biv	biv
	definite	—		—		—	—

Further reading

• biv in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English beaver (beaver > biv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biv]

Noun

biv (nominative plural bivs)

1. beaver (rodent)

Declension

declension of biv

	singular	plural
nominative	biv	bivs
genitive	biva	bivas
dative	bive	bives
accusative	bivi	bivis
vocative 1	o biv!	o bivs!
predicative 2	bivu	bivus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

• nim
• sügaf
• süganim
• tuetaf
• tuetanim

Hyponyms

• bivil
• bivül
• hibiv
• jibiv

Derived terms

• bivahät
• bivem
• bivik

See also

• kriset
• kavead
• mug
• rat
• visul
• yat